Disappointment on the Homefront

Today was a disappointing day for the kids, as both Isaac's and Anna's swim lessons were cancelled today due to the COLD. Cold in July just isn't right or normal-does that mean that this winter will be warm w/no snow? I have to admit, I like not sweating horribly, but it's bad for swim lessons, as that makes the water COLD and then it's not a fun activity to do later in the day to keep the kiddos busy. We did have a little thunder and a smidgeon of rain, but why can't it just rain 2 nice inches and be done? It's barely muddy out there, but yet, the kids were able to get muddy and drag it into the house anyway. Without swim lessons to keep us busy, the kids got bored today and a tad bit overactive. Even being outside got cut short when it started thundering, but then, it didn't do anything anyway. I did tie the dog in the barn, just in case. She has a terrible habit of freaking out during storms and doing bad things like jumping on every window we have, thereby why most of our windows don't have screens on them-she keeps destroying them. Her newest thing is to JUMP ON OUR ROOF. Not kidding on that one-she can jump onto the basement steps roof and then onto the rest of the roof (she's a big dog, by the way). Part English setter/part Irish wolfhound-I picked her out of a large litter at the dog shelter-yikes, did I mess that up! She's relatively a good dog, for John, at least. She digs in my flowers, jumps on people and can nip if you try to get her out of the banned garage if she gets in and doesn't want to go. Ok, so she's not the best dog I've ever had, but she and John are close & she is protective of the kids, so we'll keep her. I draw the line of her ever coming in the house, though!

So, we will try for swim lessons, and the fair tomorrow. Isaac is going to participate in the kiddie tractor pull and after we eat and visit the animals, we hope to take in the carnival rides. Let's hope it's done messing around weather-wise by then, so we can enjoy it!